[Dj_Inferno27]

I'm trying to figure out the title of a late 80's or early 80's not too sure... it envolves a kid in space who rides with this group of people on a strange looking ship... thats about all I can think of but I really want to know what this movie is called... I know that one of the people on the ship gets shot toward the end and he is an alien of some sort... please help!!

[RubyPitbull]

Dj, I would like to help you since it sounds like it is driving you nuts. :)

Is there anything else at all that you can think of from the film? Actors/actresses? Is there a reason why they are all traveling around together?

[Dj_Inferno27]

I can't remember any actors names but the ship is weird shaped like the engines are up top kind of like star trek and its red... ummmm damn I can't remember much... I'm 27 and I was like 10 or so when I saw it... I remember that when the alien dude got shot toward the end they were on a dessert type planet... and I think the ships crew were smugglers maybe... sorry that's about all I remember, although the kid may have been the kid from flight of the navigator but I looked his name up and no movies he was in was like this one...

[steveasaurus]

Is it explorers

[Purukivel]

You might be thinking of Roger Corman's "homage" to Star Wars, Space Raiders from 1983, which features many of your plot points: a desert-type planet, a smuggler-type crew, a young boy as a stowaway, and most of the crew getting killed. Details are here:

Cold Fusion Video Reviews: Space Raiders